Ph.D. (2006, IIT Bombay)
Biophysical Chemistry, Thermodynamics and kinetics, Biomolecular complexes of proteins, DNAs and Drugs
Aug 2014-Present Assistant Professor, School of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Sept 2013-Aug 2014 Assistant Professor, Central University of Rajasthan, Bandarsindri, Ajmer, Rajasthan
Oct 2010-Aug 2013 Research Associate, Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA
Jan 2006-Sept 2010 Postdoctoral Associate, Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA
Selected as UGC Assistant Professor under UGC Faculty Recharge Program (2013)
Awarded NIH postdoctoral fellowship (2006)
Awarded Teaching Assistantship at IIT Bombay (2001)
* An Unusual Monomer Recognition of Guanine Containing Mixed Sequence DNA by a Dithiophene Heterocyclic Diamidine. Munde M, Kumar A, Peixoto P, Depauw S, Ismail MA, Farahat AA, Paul A, Say MV, David-Cordonnier MH, Boykin DW, Wilson WD. Biochemistry (2014) 53, 1218-27
* Structure-dependent inhibition of the ETS-family transcription factor PU.1 by novel heterocyclic diamidines. Munde M, Wang S, Kumar A, Stephens CE, Abdelbasset A. Farahat, Boykin DW, Wilson WD, Poon GM. Nucleic Acid Research (2014) 42, 1379-90
* DNA minor groove induced dimerization of heterocyclic cations: compound structure, binding affinity, and specificity for a TTAA site. Munde, M., Kumar, A., Nhili, R., Depauw, S., David-Cordonnier, M. H., Ismail, M. A., Stephens, C. E., Farahat, A. A., Batista-Parra, A., Boykin, D. W., and Wilson, W. D., J Mol Biol (2010) 402, 847-864.
* Induced fit conformational changes of a reversed amidine heterocycle:optimized interactions in a DNA minor groove complex. Munde, M., Lee, M., Neidle, S., Arafa, R., Boykin, D. W., Liu, Y., Bailly, C., and Wilson, W. D., J Am Chem Soc (2007) 129, 5688-5698.
* Design of DNA minor groove binding diamidines that recognize GC base pair sequences: a dimeric-hinge interaction motif. Munde, M., Ismail, M. A., Arafa, R., Peixoto, P., Collar, C. J., Liu, Y., Hu, L., David-Cordonnier, M. H., Lansiaux, A., Bailly, C., Boykin, D. W., and Wilson, W. D., J Am Chem Soc (2007) 129, 13732-13743.
* Mechanistic Heterogeneity in Site Recognition by the Structurally Homologous DNA-Binding Domains of the ETS-Family Transcription Factors Ets-1 and PU.1Sang S, Linde MH, Carvalho V, Munde M, Wilson WD, Poon G, Journal of Biological Chemistry (2014) 289, 21605-16.
* Probing the electrostatics and pharmacologic modulation of sequence-specific binding by the DNA-binding domain of the ETS-family transcription factor PU.1: a binding affinity and kinetics investigation. Munde M, Poon GM, Wilson WD., J Mol Biol. (2013) 425, 1455-59.